LOANS, ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND IMPAIRED LOANS | LOANS, ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND IMPAIRED LOANS Major classifications of loans as of September 30, 2015 and 2014 , respectively, were as follows: September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014 Real estate loans: Consumer $ 181,206 $ 223,025 Commercial/Agricultural 63,266 39,061 Total real estate loans 244,472 262,086 Consumer and other loans: Automobile 14,113 12,810 Other secured personal loans 186,591 188,911 Unsecured personal loans 2,904 3,512 Total consumer and other loans 203,608 205,233 Gross loans 448,080 467,319 Less: Net deferred loan costs (fees) 2,430 3,047 Allowance for loan losses (6,496 ) (6,506 ) Loans receivable, net $ 444,014 $ 463,860 Credit Quality/Risk Ratings : Management utilizes a numeric risk rating system to identify and quantify the Bank’s risk of loss within its loan portfolio. Ratings are initially assigned prior to funding the loan, and may be changed at any time as circumstances warrant. Ratings range from the highest to lowest quality based on factors that include measurements of ability to pay, collateral type and value, borrower stability and management experience. The Bank’s loan portfolio is presented below in accordance with the risk rating framework that has been commonly adopted by the federal banking agencies. The definitions of the various risk rating categories are as follows: 1 through 4 - Pass. The condition of the borrower and the performance of the loan is satisfactory or better. 5 - Watch. A Watch loan has clearly identifiable developing weaknesses that deserve additional attention from management. Weaknesses that are not corrected or mitigated, may jeopardize the ability of the borrower to repay the loan in the future. 6 - Special Mention. A Special Mention loan has one or more potential weakness that deserve management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or in the institution’s credit position in the future. 7 - Substandard. A Substandard loan is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or the collateral pledged, if any. Assets so classified must have a well-defined weakness, or weaknesses, that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Bank will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected. 8 - Doubtful. A Doubtful loan has all the weaknesses inherent in a Substandard loan with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values, highly questionable and improbable. 9 - Loss. Loans classified as Loss are considered uncollectible, and their continuance as bankable assets is not warranted. This classification does not mean that the loan has absolutely no recovery or salvage value, and a partial recovery may occur in the future. Below is a breakdown of loans by risk rating as of September 30, 2015 : 1 to 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL Real estate loans: Consumer $ 179,946 $ — $ 1,260 $ — $ — $ 181,206 Commercial/Agricultural 63,266 — — — — 63,266 Total real estate loans 243,212 — 1,260 — — 244,472 Consumer and other loans: 203,054 — 547 — 7 203,608 Gross loans $ 446,266 $ — $ 1,807 $ — $ 7 $ 448,080 Net deferred loan costs (fees) 2,430 Allowance for loan losses (6,496 ) Loans receivable, net $ 444,014 Below is a breakdown of loans by risk rating as of September 30, 2014 : 1 to 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL Real estate loans: Consumer $ 220,579 $ — $ 2,343 $ — $ 103 $ 223,025 Commercial/Agricultural 39,061 — — — — 39,061 Total real estate loans 259,640 — 2,343 — 103 262,086 Consumer and other loans: 204,688 — 525 — 20 205,233 Gross loans $ 464,328 $ — $ 2,868 $ — $ 123 $ 467,319 Net deferred loan costs (fees) 3,047 Allowance for loan losses (6,506 ) Loans receivable, net $ 463,860 Certain directors and executive officers of the Company and the Bank are defined as related parties. These related parties, including their immediate families and companies in which they are principal owners, were loan customers of the Bank during 2015 and 2014 . A summary of the changes in those loans during the last two fiscal years is as follows: September 30, 2015 2014 Balance—beginning of year $ 129 $ 131 New loan originations 137 17 Repayments (34 ) (19 ) Balance—end of year $ 232 $ 129 Available and unused lines of credit $ 18 $ 18 Allowance for Loan Losses —The ALL represents management’s estimate of probable and inherent credit losses in the Bank’s loan portfolio. Estimating the amount of the ALL requires the exercise of significant judgment and the use of estimates related to the amount and timing of expected future cash flows on impaired loans, estimated losses on pools of homogeneous loans based on historical loss experience, and consideration of other qualitative factors such as current economic trends and conditions, all of which may be susceptible to significant change. There are many factors affecting the ALL; some are quantitative, while others require qualitative judgment. The process for determining the ALL (which management believes adequately considers potential factors which result in probable credit losses), includes subjective elements and, therefore, may be susceptible to significant change. To the extent actual outcomes differ from management estimates, additional provision for loan losses could be required that could adversely affect the Company’s earnings or financial position in future periods. Allocations of the ALL may be made for specific loans but the entire ALL is available for any loan that, in management’s judgment, should be charged-off or for which an actual loss is realized. As an integral part of their examination process, various regulatory agencies also review the Bank’s ALL. Such agencies may require that changes in the ALL be recognized when such regulators’ credit evaluations differ from those of our management based on information available to the regulators at the time of their examinations. Changes in the ALL by loan type for the periods presented below were as follows: Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agriculture Real Estate Consumer and Other Unallocated Total Year Ended September 30, 2015: Allowance for Loan Losses: Beginning balance, October 1, 2014 $ 2,759 $ — $ 3,747 $ — $ 6,506 Charge-offs (405 ) — (601 ) — (1,006 ) Recoveries 69 — 271 — 340 Provision 382 16 258 — 656 Allowance allocation adjustment (441 ) 1,601 (1,412 ) 252 — Ending balance, September 30, 2015 $ 2,364 $ 1,617 $ 2,263 $ 252 $ 6,496 Allowance for Loan Losses at September 30, 2015: Amount of allowance for loan losses arising from loans individually evaluated for impairment $ 463 — $ 119 — $ 582 Amount of allowance for loan losses arising from loans collectively evaluated for impairment $ 1,901 $ 1,617 $ 2,144 $ 252 $ 5,914 Loans Receivable as of September 30, 2015: Ending balance $ 180,693 $ 63,266 $ 206,551 $ — $ 450,510 Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment $ 4,466 $ — $ 848 $ — $ 5,314 Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment $ 176,227 $ 63,266 $ 205,703 $ — $ 445,196 Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agriculture Real Estate Consumer and Other Unallocated Total Year ended September 30, 2014 Allowance for Loan Losses: Beginning balance, October 1, 2013 $ 2,541 $ — $ 3,639 $ — $ 6,180 Charge-offs (1,238 ) — (689 ) — (1,927 ) Recoveries 94 — 249 — 343 Provision 1,362 — 548 — 1,910 Ending balance, September 30, 2014 $ 2,759 $ — $ 3,747 $ — $ 6,506 Allowance for Loan Losses at September 30, 2014: Amount of allowance for loan losses arising from loans individually evaluated for impairment $ 525 $ — $ 207 $ — $ 732 Amount of allowance for loan losses arising from loans collectively evaluated for impairment $ 2,234 $ — $ 3,540 $ — $ 5,774 Loans Receivable as of September 30, 2014: Ending balance $ 222,254 $ 39,061 $ 209,051 $ — $ 470,366 Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment $ 6,542 $ — $ 1,267 $ — $ 7,809 Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment $ 215,712 $ 39,061 $ 207,784 $ — $ 462,557 The Bank has originated substantially all loans currently recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, except as noted below. During October 2012, the Bank entered into an agreement to purchase short term consumer loans from a third party on an ongoing basis. As part of the servicer agreement entered into in connection with this purchase agreement, the third party seller agreed to purchase or substitute performing consumer loans for all contracts that become 120 days past due. Pursuant to the ongoing loan purchase agreement, a Board of Director determinant was originally established to limit the purchase of these consumer loans under this arrangement to a maximum of $40,000 and a restricted reserve account was established at 3% of the outstanding consumer loan balances purchased up to a maximum of $1,000 , with such percentage amount of the loans being deposited into a segregated reserve account. The funds in the reserve account are to be released to compensate the Bank for any purchased loans that are not purchased back by the seller or substituted with performing loans and are ultimately charged off by the Bank. During the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Board of Directors increased the limit of these purchased consumer loans to a maximum of $50,000 . As of September 30, 2015 , the balance of the consumer loans purchased was $ 39,705 . The balance in the cash reserve account has reached the maximum allowed balance of $1,000 , which is included in Deposits on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet. To date, none of the purchased loans have been charged off or have experienced losses. Loans receivable by loan type as of the end of the periods shown below were as follows: Consumer Real Estate Loans Commercial/Agriculture Real Estate Loans Consumer and Other Loans Total Loans September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014 September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014 September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014 September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014 Performing loans Performing TDR loans $ 3,206 $ 4,535 — — $ 472 $ 797 $ 3,678 $ 5,332 Performing loans other 176,650 216,503 63,266 39,061 205,695 207,885 445,611 463,449 Total performing loans 179,856 221,038 63,266 39,061 206,167 208,682 449,289 468,781 Nonperforming loans (1) Nonperforming TDR loans 273 202 — — 59 47 332 249 Nonperforming loans other 564 1,014 — — 325 322 889 1,336 Total nonperforming loans $ 837 $ 1,216 — — $ 384 $ 369 $ 1,221 $ 1,585 Total loans $ 180,693 $ 222,254 63,266 39,061 $ 206,551 $ 209,051 $ 450,510 $ 470,366 (1) Nonperforming loans are either 90+ days past due or nonaccrual. An aging analysis of the Company’s consumer real estate, commercial/agriculture real estate, consumer and other loans and purchased third party loans as of September 30, 2015 and 2014 , respectively, was as follows: 30-59 Days Past Due 60-89 Days Past Due Greater Than 89 Days Total Past Due Current Total Loans Recorded September 30, 2015 Consumer real estate $ 555 $ 500 $ 387 $ 1,442 $ 179,251 $ 180,693 $ 244 Commercial/Agriculture real estate — — — — 63,266 63,266 — Consumer and other loans 386 65 135 586 166,260 166,846 52 Purchased third party loans 238 189 177 604 39,101 39,705 177 Total $ 1,179 $ 754 $ 699 $ 2,632 $ 447,878 $ 450,510 $ 473 September 30, 2014 Real estate loans $ 678 $ 80 $ 989 $ 1,747 $ 220,507 $ 222,254 $ 228 Commercial/Agriculture real estate — — — — 39,061 39,061 — Consumer and other loans 354 73 177 604 175,635 176,239 99 Purchased third party loans 190 136 74 400 32,412 32,812 74 Total $ 1,222 $ 289 $ 1,240 $ 2,751 $ 467,615 $ 470,366 $ 401 At September 30, 2015 , the Company has identified $4,010 of TDR loans and $1,304 of substandard loans as impaired, totaling $5,314 , which includes $3,678 of performing TDR loans. A loan is identified as impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Performing TDRs consist of loans that have been modified and are performing in accordance with the modified terms for a sufficient length of time, generally six months, or loans that were modified on a proactive basis. A summary of the Company’s impaired loans as of September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 was as follows: With No Related Allowance Recorded With An Allowance Recorded Totals Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agricultural Real Estate Consumer and Other Total Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agricultural Real Estate Consumer and Other Total Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agricultural Real Estate Consumer and Other Total Recorded investment at September 30, 2015 $ 2,494 $ — $ 471 $ 2,965 $ 1,972 $ — $ 377 $ 2,349 $ 4,466 $ — $ 848 $ 5,314 Unpaid balance at September 30, 2015 2,494 — 471 2,965 1,972 — 377 2,349 4,466 — 848 5,314 Recorded investment at September 30, 2014 4,345 — 535 4,880 2,197 — 732 2,929 6,542 — 1,267 7,809 Unpaid balance at September 30, 2014 4,345 — 535 4,880 2,197 — 732 2,929 6,542 — 1,267 7,809 Average recorded investment; twelve months ended September 30, 2015 3,178 — 485 3,663 2,220 — 556 2,776 5,398 — 1,041 6,439 Average recorded investment; twelve months ended September 30, 2014 4,722 — 614 5,336 3,137 — 823 3,960 7,859 — 1,437 9,296 Interest income received; twelve months ended September 30, 2015 136 — 35 171 61 — 23 84 197 — 58 255 Interest income received; twelve months ended September 30, 2014 149 — 32 181 68 — 24 92 217 — 56 273 Troubled Debt Restructuring – A TDR includes a loan modification where a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and the Bank grants a concession to that borrower that the Bank would not otherwise consider except for the borrower’s financial difficulties. Concessions include an extension of loan terms, renewals of existing balloon loans, reductions in interest rates and consolidating existing Bank loans at modified terms. A TDR may be either on accrual or nonaccrual status based upon the performance of the borrower and management’s assessment of collectability. If a TDR is placed on nonaccrual status, it remains there until a sufficient period of performance under the restructured terms has occurred at which time it is returned to accrual status. There were 5 delinquent TDRs, greater than 60 days past due, with a recorded investment of $75 at September 30, 2015 , compared to 4 such loans with a recorded investment of $191 at September 30, 2014 . A summary of loans by loan type modified in a troubled debt restructuring as of September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 , and during each of the twelve months then ended, was as follows: Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agricultural Real Estate Consumer and Other Total September 30, 2015 and Twelve Months then Ended: Accruing / Performing: Beginning balance $ 4,535 $ — $ 797 $ 5,332 Principal payments (945 ) — (301 ) (1,246 ) Charge-offs — — (8 ) (8 ) Advances 12 — 1 13 New restructured (1) 17 — 52 69 Class transfers out (2) (181 ) — — (181 ) Transfers between accrual/non-accrual (232 ) — (69 ) (301 ) Ending balance $ 3,206 $ — $ 472 $ 3,678 Non-accrual / Non-performing: Beginning balance $ 202 $ — $ 47 $ 249 Principal payments (120 ) — (11 ) (131 ) Charge-offs (41 ) — (46 ) (87 ) Advances — — — — New restructured (1) — — — — Class transfers out (2) — — — — Transfers between accrual/non-accrual 232 — 69 301 Ending balance $ 273 $ — $ 59 $ 332 Totals: Beginning balance $ 4,737 $ — $ 844 $ 5,581 Principal payments (1,065 ) — (312 ) (1,377 ) Charge-offs (41 ) — (54 ) (95 ) Advances 12 — 1 13 New restructured (1) 17 — 52 69 Class transfers out (2) (181 ) — — (181 ) Transfers between accrual/non-accrual — — — — Ending balance $ 3,479 $ — $ 531 $ 4,010 (1) “New restructured” represent loans restructured during the applicable period that met TDR criteria in accordance with the Bank’s policy at the time of the restructuring. (2) “Class transfers out” represent previously restructured loans that are in compliance with the modified terms for a minimum of one year, are yielding a market rate and conform to normal underwriting standards. Consumer Real Estate Commercial/Agricultural Real Estate Consumer and Other Total September 30, 2014 and Twelve Months then Ended: Accruing / Performing: Beginning balance $ 6,254 — $ 1,101 $ 7,355 Principal payments (757 ) — (258 ) (1,015 ) Charge-offs (11 ) — (30 ) (41 ) Advances 7 — — 7 New restructured (1) 40 — 24 64 Class transfers out (2) (60 ) — — (60 ) Transfers between accrual/non-accrual (938 ) — (40 ) (978 ) Ending balance $ 4,535 $ — $ 797 $ 5,332 Non-accrual / Non-performing: Beginning balance $ 1,187 — $ 76 $ 1,263 Principal payments (1,515 ) — (38 ) (1,553 ) Charge-offs (426 ) — (52 ) (478 ) Advances 3 — — 3 New restructured (1) — — 16 16 Class transfers out (2) 15 — 5 20 Transfers between accrual/non-accrual 938 — 40 978 Ending balance $ 202 $ — $ 47 $ 249 Totals: Beginning balance $ 7,441 — $ 1,177 $ 8,618 Principal payments (2,272 ) — (296 ) (2,568 ) Charge-offs (437 ) — (82 ) (519 ) Advances 10 — — 10 New restructured (1) 40 — 40 80 Class transfers out (2) (45 ) — 5 (40 ) Transfers between accrual/non-accrual — — — — Ending balance $ 4,737 $ — $ 844 $ 5,581 (1) “New restructured” represent loans restructured during the current period that met TDR criteria in accordance with the Bank’s policy at the time of the restructuring. (2) “Class transfers out” represent previously restructured loans that are in compliance with the modified terms for a minimum of one year, are yielding a market rate and conform to normal underwriting standards. September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014 Number of Modifications Recorded Investment Number of Modifications Recorded Investment Troubled debt restructurings: Consumer Real Estate 34 $ 3,479 47 $ 4,737 Commercial/Agriculture Real Estate — — — — Consumer and other 39 531 53 844 73 $ 4,010 100 $ 5,581 |